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The virtual human rights library brings together resources from multiple libraries and information services, both internal and external, to create an online hub dedicated to the study of human rights. This curation is unique in its interdisciplinary concerns and focuses on writings and research from social sciences, humanities, and law.

The virtual library is continually updated with the latest academic research in issue areas, as well as with relevant films, recorded conversations, and other forms of media.

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Sarah Lakhani, Stefan Timmermans "Biopolitical Citizenship in the Immigration Adjudication Process." Social Problems 61, no. 3 (2014): 360-379.

We apply the concept of “biopolitical citizenship” to show how and with what consequences biology and medicine are mobilized as political techniques in the legal immigration procedures of permanent residency acquisition and family reunification. Medical examinations and DNA testing are...

Alan Petersen "From bioethics to a sociology of bio-knowledge." Petersen, Alan. "From bioethics to a sociology of bio-knowledge." Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013): 264-270.

Growing recognitio+G61n of bioethics' shortcomings, associated in large part with its heavy reliance on abstract principles, or so-called principlism, has led many scholars to propose that the field should be reformed or reconceptualised. Principlism is seen to de-contextualise the process...

Mary Augusta Brazelton Mass Vaccination: Citizens' Bodies and State Power in Modern China (Oxford University Press, 2019)

While the eradication of smallpox has long been documented, not many know the Chinese roots of this historic achievement. In this revelatory study, Mary Augusta Brazelton examines the PRC's public health campaigns of the 1950s to explain just how China...

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While the Virtual Library is now live for use, we are still working to update its contents and improve its functionality.  

It is usable by all visitors, but the hyperlinks to materials listed are for UChicago community members with a CNet ID and password.  

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